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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about City Lights |
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Others may vote for "The Gold Rush" or "Modern Times," but for me this is Chaplin's masterpiece. Made several years after the dawn of the sound age (1931), Chaplin insisted it would be one last silent epic, leaning only on an original soundtrack and the occasional sound effect. The Tramp falls in love with a blind girl who sells flowers in the park, and moves heaven and earth to raise the money for an operation that will restore her sight. This entails misleading her into thinking he is wealthy, and falling in (and out) with a somewhat schizoid wealthy drunk. The classic prizefighting scene is a painfully funny ballet of Chaplin, opponent, and referee, but there are many other wonderful and poignant laughs in this movie. The final shot, carefully plotted, is heartrendingly tender.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of City Lights |
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Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- 1900-1920's
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Inner struggle or disability
Yes
Brain/Body not working?
- physical disability
Lover is...
- of a different social class
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- unemployed
Age:
- 20's-30's
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Setting
United States
Yes
City?
Yes
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- very happy
Check here if B&W
Yes
Any profanity?
- None
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